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THE GAME BOY CAMERA GALLERY RETURNS!
Welcome to a second installment of this series. This exhibition centers around the theme of "mystery". OooOoo, SspOOokky!! You need to keep a razor sharp focus because it's your first assignment as a journalist covering the exhibition for the local art magazine. The only thing is-- you weren't prepared for it to take place in a haunted mansion owned by an strange raccoon! Hold on tight, because things might get a bit scary in this campy point-and-click game for the Game Boy.
The virtual gallery features photos all taken on the Game Boy Camera by two over dozen photographers. It is a love letter to the Game Boy Camera, the community surrounding it, and the spirit of "funtography" that it continues to spark!
Interested in physical cartridges? You can order some on my shop. They come in a glow-in-the-dark shell, with a clamshell case & holographic sticker!
About the Camera:
Nintendo released the Game Boy Camera in 1998 in Japan, the US and the EU, allowing Game Boy owners to take photos right on their devices. At the time it was actually the world's smallest digital camera. It features a ball head atop of the cartridge that can swivel 180 degrees, making it also probably the first selfie camera, too. Photos were originally only sharable on other Game Boys via a link cable or printable using the Game Boy printer, but using a modern cartridge flasher or other 3rd party hardware you can transfer the photos from the cartridge onto your computer.
The photos themselves were limited to 128x112px rendered in a 2-bit palette of only 4 values. Despite those limits, there were powerful features included on the cartridge like the ability to create pseudo double exposures by merging multiple photos using the 'fusion' effect, a paint tool, a time-lapse and panorama function, and it even included the ability to create animations. Oh, and there is an odd music creation program to boot!
Today the GBC has a cult following by retro enthusiasts and photographers alike, with folks drawn to its simplicity, unique pixelated aesthetic and the desire to preserve this hardware and push it to its limits. All the photos for this project were sourced from friends and members of the Game Boy Camera Club discord. There will be future iterations of the project (hence the "2022"), and information about new versions will be announced.
The GBCG 2022 was created in GB Studio 3.1
Cover art by Polyducks
Music by Sloopygoop